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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:25 AM Original message |
Caveat eater: Strawberries are about to get more toxic |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'd say "unbelievable," except that I can believe it. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Nothing, and I mean nothing surprises me in the US anymore. So perversely bizarre on numerous levels |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. California strawberries are an abomination anyway. Huge, white centers, flavorless. |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. It depends on the variety |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. it also takes fewer big strawberries to fill a pint basket |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. California strawberries are lovely -- if you buy them here, from local farmers. |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I agree! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. perfect comparison- winter tomatoes. I also have a small strawberry patch over everbearing |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. We only export the crappy ones |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Florida, years ago, registered to apply methyl iodide on their strawberries. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm never eating another strawberry if this passes. And I won't start again until it's repealed. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. 47 other states already registered methyl idiode. Florida already uses it. |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
74. Holy shit!!! We have this approved in North Carolina!! |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Grow your own. They are easy to grow if you can keep birds away. All the best... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. We're doing it again this year... |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Know your grower |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Damn right, and Welcome to DU. n/t |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Thank you. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. A person can do both; lobby against toxic strawberries AND not buy them. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. Start buying your strawberries, and other fruit, from your local farmer's market |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Matters get worse when people do not engage with their legislators. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Having engaged with my legislators for years and decades now, |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
69. You express my frustration exactly. n/t |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
75. So true. It's money in the pocket of the politicians that writes the laws |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. And make sure they are selling locally grown produce. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. The term "farmers markets" is abused that way in some states. Those are green grocers, not farmers. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
76. Just bought some |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. Are strawberry crops falling to a particularly bad pest, that they're going to start |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Not that I know of |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks for posting this. |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. How cute. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. I hadn't heard of it either, we discovered it by accident. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. That's really interesting. I get mad at cat food companies (and I buy |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. Makes me glad I grow my own. |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Any tips on growing your own? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. The ones in the ground do much better |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. **Comments due June 14, by e-mail to mei_comments@cdpr.ca.gov |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
20. Well that sucks, I used to love strawberries, note to self; no more strawberries. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Do you want me to remind you periodically? :) |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Yes, I appreciate that, maybe once every other month for a year or two. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
24. Strawberries are phenomenally easy to grow |
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Shanti Mama (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Can they be grown in an Asian monsoon climate? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Here's a basic guide |
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Shanti Mama (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Thanks. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Seattle might be a challenge, then. Damn. nt |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
86. Cool and rainy? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Our drier seasons aren't all that dry. And we tend to be cool (except when we |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Here in the desert, I know better than to grow watermelon |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Can I grow them in my car? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Too warm if you're driving it |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Great! I can sleep on the sand! |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. Strawberries are already one of the most sprayed fruits. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. All the more reason that I'm glad I'm growing my own. |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
32. It is not enough to just 'grow your own' |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. That is why we can not support Corporate Farms |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Right next to the strawberries, they are also using methyl bromide to raise heather to send to Japan |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
77. Time to step it up a notch |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
72. Corporations will NEVER be held to this account (known for decades), because there no longer are |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #72 |
84. If WE as consumers make enough noise |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
34. happily it looks like I'll get a decent crop of strawberries this year |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
35. Just one more reason to finish that raised strawberry bed I'm building in the backyard. NT |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
36. is this new? |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Methyl bromide |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. thanks |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
59. "...shown to be MORE toxic to humans." Jeez. I wonder what the people eat |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. The EPA. Thanks to the inactivism of the U.S. citizenry. |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. I agree with you 100% |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #78 |
85. Totally agree, but although many of us here do the same things, I fear the vast |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. God damn those bastards! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. I think the issue of concern is exposure to farm workers. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. Great. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #52 |
66. Already approved by the EPA and registered in 47 states. You've been eating it for years. |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #66 |
88. And that explains why all the strawberries I have bought over the years |
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The Damned (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
54. That's okay. I'll just eat more lettuce! |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. You are alredy eating it. The EPA approvd its use in 2007. 47 states registered to use it. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Broke out in Hives once after eating Fresh Strawberries |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
60. Remember "NO UVAS"? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
61. Not my strawberries. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:29 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Mine are looking good too. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
62. THIS deserves a boycott. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:42 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Who are you going to boycott? The EPA approved it in 2007 |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:00 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. I was never allergic to strawberries until just a few years ago. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
73. I'm sorry to hear that but it has nothing to do with California strawberries. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
80. Stop eating strawberries unless they're organic |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #63 |
83. Do you NEED strawberries in winter? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
71. I'll be picking my own up the road a-piece from now on. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
79. 50 Nobel Prize winners vs. one huge chemical company |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Yep same old same old. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
82. There's a local grower here in the San Diego that grows strawberries and other fruits "organically" |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
87. The repub's Final Solution to the baby boomer problem? |
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